I really like the Desert Camo pattern for hunts in the sage brush out west here.--works great and is light wt enough to be used when it gets warm out.

My old Master Sgt. (himself a trad shooter), used to wear his old 6 color desert cammies when we went paintballing.  He modified them a little though,... if I remember right he used "edge dressing" to put in branches, somewhat like the predator camo uses.  Boy, the sneaky fella could absolutely DISAPEAR!!  Didn't matter too much the terrain either, he would just cease to exist.

Will the woodland colors be a problem since it's high desert terrain (sage and evergreens) out here?  If deer are color blind (not sure where I got this info) will the pattern be enough camouflage or do I need to get desert-camo colors?

Not necessarily a color deal it's that the woodland camo in desert or sagebrush terrain looks like a dark lump. Those animals live there and they pretty much know when there is a new lump and get curious. Curious is not good if at some point you wish to make a movement like drawing a bow. Camo is not so much of a color issue as it is breaking up an image and blending in. Gray and subtle white or lighter colored browns with white and gray have been used very efficiently for years and still work well. Secret is if you move, it don't matter what you wear.

Rufus,
 

QuoteSecret is if you move, it don't matter what you wear.

Amen.

I hope to shoot a deer with a powder blue tuxedo someday just to put all the camo discussions in perspective... LOL

Paul

"I hope to shoot a deer with a powder blue tuxedo someday just to put all the camo discussions in perspective... LOL"

 

It's pretty much all I use. Early season, it's the old VN-era black and green tiger stripe, and the USMC digi-cam knockoff for the rest of the season. Both work great in the Maine woods, until it snows, at least.

I did a search for NV muleys and found this yutoob video of the terrain I hope to hunt.  My woodland colors look to be close to the terrain. Note the lack of cover (I grew up in Westmoreland county PA to compare)! Now I just need to learn to groundstalk, make no unnecessary movements, don't smell, make no sound, blend and not breathe for about 5 hours- may be I'll be able to get as close as 150 yards!
 Not sure how I'm going to make up the 135 yards to get to my shooting range.  I guess it's called hunting and not shooting for a reason.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAJ0Z1sZS40

I used my choclate chip camo while I still fit in it to hunt elk and it worked really good.  If they saw some movement through the trees and it was elk colored they didn't get alarmed.  Joseph

I'm very tempted to use the chocolate chip camo this fall instead of woodland camo.  Anyone have any experiences using it in open (as in very overbrowsed by deer) hardwoods?

I love the military camo, if it is miltary surplus and not a knock off, its of a good quality, I pick it up at the goodwill store for 8 bucks or so for pants and usually just wear plaid or something for a shirt. I mostly have the woodland pattern

Thanks for all of your confirmation that my  purchasing the military camo wasn't a stupid one.  Being a total newbie and seeing so much of the commercial patterns that I was worried I made a huge mistake.      
There are bird guys in my neighborhood but have not met any deer hunters yet so you guys are my go to.  Ironically, the kid next door thinks I'm the milk on cereal with what I've been teaching him (not sure if I want to let the secret out about the "gang" to him yet- gotta feed my ego a little LOL).

Has anybody ever seen this stuff? It kind of looks like tiger stipe in gray and then turned vertical. I Have two sets.
 

I always wondered why guys go out and spend big buck on those fancy camoes, when you can get the military stuff for cheap at surpluss stores, and I'm sure it works just as good